| Learning to scuba dive is easy, fun and opens up a | | | | Lots of people are nervous about learning to dive, |
| whole new world for you to explore. Imagine floating | | | | your instructor should understand that and teach the |
| weightless as a school of fish swim by or watching a | | | | course at your own pace. Look for a centre with a |
| manta ray play in your bubbles. | | | | flexible timetable and instructors that you feel |
| In just four days you can get you certified as a | | | | comfortable with. |
| PADI open water diver. With this certification you | | | | Once you are certified you can dive all over the |
| can dive all over the world and visit places most | | | | world up to a limit of 18 metres, you can discover a |
| people only see on TV. | | | | whole new world waiting for you. |
| The PADI open water course is taught over four | | | | Gran Canaria is an ideal place to learn to scuba dive. |
| days. The bad news is is that you do have some | | | | The climate is mild all year round and the island gets |
| homework to do, but the good news is that you will | | | | nearly 365 days of sunshine a year. For non-divers |
| start diving on day one. | | | | there are also many excursions as well as beautiful |
| The course is split into five confined water sessions | | | | beaches to enjoy. |
| where you learn and practice the basic skills of scuba | | | | In the evening there are many restaurants to choose |
| diving. Once you have mastered these skills there are | | | | from, serving both international and local food. Try |
| four open water sessions where you demonstrate | | | | the local potatoes served with spicy mojo sauce or |
| you skills back to your instructor during a dive. | | | | green peppers fried with salt and round off your |
| As well as the in-water sessions there are some | | | | meal with a traditional honey rum. |
| short classroom sessions to introduce the skills you | | | | Learning to scuba dive is a wonderful new adventure |
| will be learning and some short quizzes at the end of | | | | and Gran Canaria is a great place to start it. |
| the course. | | | | |